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Demands created by a mass shooting and a devastating hurricane left little money for local water projects, new roads, and social-service programs like Leon Works.

The Leon County-sponsored apprentice program preps high school juniors and seniors on a vocational track for industry certification and licenses. The past two sessions it received $100,000 grants from the Legislature. This year it can’t be found in the budget. It got zero dollars.

“The priority of funding safe schools eliminated much of the discretionary funding of local projects,” said Jeff Sharkey of Capitol Alliance Group, Leon County’s chief lobbyist.

Funding for seven water projects spanning the county from the Red Hills along the Lake Jackson shore to the karst plain of Wakulla survived early budget negotiations but then evaporated in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

“It certainly was disappointing,” said Sharkey.

Bethel Ready4Work did secure a $150,000 grant to help provide case management and family reunification services for prison inmates from Leon, Gadsden, Jefferson and Wakulla counties upon their release.

And a Trial Court Budget Commission treatment intervention program for felon military veterans in Leon County received $125,000 for the budget year beginning July 1.

About another $3 million will be spent in Tallahassee for building renovations and repairs at state office buildings but few things held lawmakers’ attention after they began adding up the bills from Hurricanes Irma and Maria and school safety in the wake of the Parkland shooting.

An indication of the disasters' domination of the session may be found in the final bill tally — the fewest number passed in both chambers since at least 2000, according to the bill tracking service LobbyTools.

And the 200 bills on the way to Gov. Rick Scott’s are fewer than half the number sent to Gov. Jeb Bush after each of the sessions in 2002, 2003 and 2004.